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ID number:  BIRBI-R1551
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey
Maker:  Gordian I; Rome
Denomination:  Sestertius
Place made:  Rome
Culture:  Roman
Date made:  238
Metal:  Base metal
Diameter (cm):  2.90
Weight (g):  15.97
Axis (degrees):  315.00
Provenance:  Haines 1098. In Paris, 1929.
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Description:  Obverse: Head of Gordian I, wearing laurel wreath and beard, draped, facing r. Reverse: Victory, winged and draped, advancing facing l., holding wreath in extended r. and holding palm in l.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: IMP CAES M ΛNT GORΠTΛNΓS AFΠ AVC (Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Africanus Augustus). Reverse: vICTƆHIA ∆VGC S C (Victory of the Emperors; S C - Translation Disputed).

Bibliography:  RIC IV 12

3 Related People

Rome
Roman;Byzantine;Italian


Gordian I
Roman

238
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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
British
1899
1981-09-14
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